Hugh Linehan
@hlinehan.bsky.social
Irish Times writer, editor. I also present the Inside Politics podcast. irishtimes.com/podcasts/inside-politics
Thanks to everyone who came along to our live show in Galway last night. We had great fun (which is obviously the most important thing) but also got great questions from the audience who were also polite enough to laugh at our jokes. www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
Inside Politics Live in Galway: Who can win the Galway West byelection?
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The Irish Times Inside Politics team are saddling up and heading into the west for a LIVE BY-ELECTION SPECIAL in Galway City on May 5th. Booking details here. events.irishtimes.com/events/159271
Thanks to everyone for the many thoughtful and thought-provoking responses we received to Wednesday’s Inside Pilitics. On today’s Friday wrap with Ellen and Jack we touch on some of that alongside other issues of the week. www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
Will Fianna Fáil’s presidential campaign review put more pressure on Martin?
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‘At its worst, the programme descends into the familiar parade of sectoral advocates and veteran pundits. You know the voices before you hear the names; you know the lines before they say them.’ My column today on Morning Ireland. www.irishtimes.com/media/2025/1...
Does RTÉ's Morning Ireland need a refresh?
It would be easy to leave the State’s most popular radio programme untouched. But that would be a mistake
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“For freelancers – who make up the bulk of arts journalists – the picture is even starker. Pay hasn’t matched inflation for decades, while the pool of outlets commissioning reviews has contracted, leaving patchwork careers held together by goodwill and side jobs.” www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Hugh Linehan: Is the newspaper arts review dying or could it be rescued by subscribers?
If one culprit looms behind these shifts, it is the early digital consensus that everything should be free
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Slight change of plan: we'll be on stage at the later time of 5.15 today so more time for a lie in if you need one ☀️ @hlinehan.bsky.social @irishtimes.com
Come and join @ellenmcoyne.bsky.social Jack Horgan Jones, Pat Leahy and me for the Inside Politics live show at noon on Sunday in Mindfield at #electricpicnic.
‘On the one hand, the most grandiose predictions of imminent machine overlords or silicon utopias seem, at best, premature. On the other, the technology is already reshaping fundamental aspects of how we work, learn and communicate.’ My cilumn today www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Hugh Linehan: Forget the futuristic dystopias - AI is changing the world right now
The backlash against changes to ChatGPT reveals how it is being used by users in their daily lives
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I had some thoughts on democracy and whether you can have too much of it as well as too little www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Hugh Linehan: Can you have too much democracy?
Ireland is one of Europe’s most referendum-happy nations - that is not without its pitfalls
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The opening episode of our latest Inside Politics series drops today. Pat Leahy and I tell the story of three catastrophic years when hubris and deception came home to roost. Part one: bonfires in Offaly. www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
I joined @hlinehan.bsky.social and Pat Leahy this morning on the @irishtimes.com Inside Politics podcast to discuss yesterdays National Development Plan review launch. www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
Will the Government’s big projects survive the next downturn?
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I’m not normally in the habit of writing personal pieces but this is about my experience of declining vision. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Hugh Linehan: My right eye is now failing too. The world is slipping away, just a little, just enough to notice
Hugh Linehan shares his experience of macular degeneration – and the losses, large and small, that come with it
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Looking forward to discussing America’s current political moment with Senator Bernie Sanders and his chief adviser Jane O’Meara Sanders in Vicar Street on May 27th. www.ticketmaster.ie/artist/52285...
Looking forward to discussing America’s current political moment with Senator Bernie Sanders and his chief adviser Jane O’Meara Sanders in Vicar Street on May 27th. www.ticketmaster.ie/artist/52285...
Garron Noone controversy: ‘It propelled him into a different stratosphere, which is the culture war realm’ On today’s In the News podcast I discussed Garron Noone’s interesting week www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-...
Garron Noone controversy: ‘It propelled him into a different stratosphere, which is the culture war realm’
In the News podcast: Whimsical comedian’s views on immigration sparked controversy
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Today’s column is my 583rd in the media slot: Blank-tape bliss can never be repeated www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
I joined @eamonryan.bsky.social and @hlinehan.bsky.social on the @irishtimes.com Inside Politics podcast. We discussed the billions in fines faced by Ireland for missing EU climate commitments. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
Will falling behind on climate cost Ireland billions?
Podcast Episode · Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan · 10/03/2025 · 40m
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This is my last column for Ticket. It’s almost 25 years since the supplement launched under my editorship. I have a few thoughts about it all…
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A sad announcement at the end of today’s show Arrivederci Jen. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i...
Inside Politics with Hugh Linehan
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With Ireland 99th in world for the no. of women in parliament what next for #morewomen? Listen to WfE chair, Aldagh McDonogh, @jenniferbray.bsky.social @hlinehan.bsky.social dicuss challenges & solutions to having a better politics with a balance pf men & women www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/ins...
